With veteran first baseman Adam LaRoche moving on as a free agent over the offseason, it was no secret that the Nationals were looking to add some left-handed power in 2015. You can see it at third base, with the possibility that the left-handed hitting Ian Stewart could get a shot because of the knee injury to Anthony Rendon. Stewart has done pretty well in spring training, batting .270 in 18 games with three homers and four RBIs. He has played most of his career with the Rockies, and last...

SARASOTA, Fla. - With J.J. Hardy unable to play today due to a sore left shoulder, Ryan Flaherty is starting at shortstop in the Orioles' split-squad game against the Twins at Ed Smith Stadium. Manager Buck Showalter will stay in Sarasota rather than watch Ubaldo Jimenez in Dunedin. The bullpen includes Zach Britton, Darren O'Day, David Hess, Branden Kline and Jon Keller. David Lough is listed among the reserves, but he's expected to miss one more game while recovering from back spasms. For...

VIERA, Fla. - Try to digest this with your Sunday morning waffles: The fifth starter in the Nationals rotation has started eight postseason games, including one in the World Series, and posted a 16-6 record with a splendid 2.41 ERA last season. In fact, one of those playoff starts came for the Nats in Game 3 of last year's National League Division Series. And tall right-hander Doug Fister delivered the Nats' only win of the 2014 postseason when his team needed him most. Facing a must-win...

SARASOTA, Fla. - The Orioles have two lineups to post this morning, and they've started with the group that's traveling to Dunedin to play the Blue Jays. Nolan Reimold will lead off and play left field. Everth Cabrera is in center field and Steve Clevenger is behind the plate. T.J. McFarland and Chaz Roe are listed in the bullpen behind starter Ubaldo Jimenez. The bench consists of players brought over from minor league camp, including Rey Navarro, Michael Almanzar, Glynn Davis, Adrian Marin...

SARASOTA, Fla. - The Orioles are playing two games today at the same time, leaving me to chose between the Ed Smith Stadium complex and Dunedin. Give me a half-second to decide. I'll be watching Miguel Gonzalez in Sarasota. The Twins are countering with Ricky Nolasco. I'll watch him, too. Gonzalez has allowed six runs in 12 2/3 innings, with no walks and 11 strikeouts. He'll try to complete five innings today. Ubaldo Jimenez makes his sixth start, all of them on the road. The Blue Jays are...

"That's what they look like," Orioles manager Buck Showalter will say from time to time. He's usually referring to a young prospect when using that phrase. While Tyler Wilson is 25, not 21, Showalter certainly could have used the phrase after Saturday's game when Wilson buzzed through a mostly first-string Yankees lineup over four scoreless innings, needing just 43 pitches. Optioned to Triple-A after Saturday's game so he can build up innings and get ready for his season, Wilson made a...

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. - Right-hander Stephen Strasburg returned to the mound after missing his last start due to a sprained left ankle. He was rolling until the third inning when right fielder Curtis Granderson and third baseman David Wright tagged him for back-to-back home runs as the Mets went on to beat the Nats 10-2. Strasburg ended up pitching four innings while allowing four runs on four hits with two walks and two strikeouts. "(Strasburg) wasn't throwing it exactly where he wanted to...

TAMPA, Fla. - The Orioles optioned pitcher Tyler Wilson to Triple-A Norfolk following today's 10-2 victory over the Yankees. The camp roster has been reduced to 40 players and more cuts are coming on Sunday. Manager Buck Showalter said the roster will be down into the low 30s. Showalter joked that Wilson never should have given up that one hit in his four scoreless innings. "We have a high level here," he quipped. The Orioles want Wilson to get ready for the Triple-A season, and perhaps come...

The Orioles today announced that they have optioned right-hander Tyler Wilson to Triple-A Norfolk. With this move, the Orioles now have 40 players at Major League Spring Training, including eight non-roster invitees.

ORIOLES QUICK WRAP Score: Orioles 10, Yankees 2 Recap: Tyler Wilson, the 10th-round pick in 2011 out of the University of Virginia, was nothing short of sensational. He retired 12 of 13 batters, allowing a two-out single to Carlos Beltran in the first, and struck out two. Alejandro De Aza hit a three-run homer in the second and added a sacrifice fly in the sixth. Jimmy Paredes homered in the ninth. Jonathan Schoop had an RBI single and Ryan Flaherty lifted a sacrifice fly before De Aza's...